SoftBank taps Nvidia for Japanese 'AI grid' project

Telecom unit to turn its 200,000 base stations into data centers

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SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son, right, shakes hands with Nvidia's Jensen Huang in Tokyo on Nov. 13. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

MITSURU OBE and SAYUMI TAKE, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japan's SoftBank is teaming up with Nvidia to create a nationwide artificial intelligence grid by turning its 200,000 base stations into "mini data centers," the telecom carrier said on Wednesday.

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